Baby's death ruled homicide

August 22, 2008 4:01:49 PM PDT

GARY --

The death of a 5-month-old boy in Gary, Indiana, originally thought to be accidental, has now been ruled a homicide.Ryne White Jr. died at his home Thursday. The coroner ruled the infant died from multiple skull fractures from blunt force trauma.

Police say the infant's father told them the child accidentally drowned while he was being bathed in the kitchen sink.